ostentatious toy

laser-based no-touch turntable offers superb fidelity, no wear and no pop and click artifacts

$14k  (taking donations now via PayPal :-) )

Laurie Anderson (no relation): another woman's wisdom in interview

here in the Guardian and she directed Heart of a Dog, a movie out late next month.

Angela Davis: broadening and deepening the questions

In this short LA Times op-ed/interview you can see her savvy and smarts illuminate things beyond the frame of the (sympathetic) questions and show how her thinking is evolving...

hat tip to Howard...

David Brooks is totally clueless: Deconstructing his latest theory about Bernie Sanders & Donald Trump

David Brooks is totally clueless: Deconstructing his latest theory about Bernie Sanders & Donald Trump

upcoming elections in Europe and what is at stake

Coming storm...

I'm looking forward to the Tower Records documentary!

Spent a lot of money there over the years and found a lot of reading material and new music...
All Things Must Pass: the Rise and Fall of Tower Records premieres in US theaters October 16

https://www.facebook.com/towerrecordsdoc

Elaine Brown slams Nelson's Black Panther film

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/03/ex-black-panther-leader-elaine-brown-slams-stanley-nelson-s-condemnable-documentary.html

My own mixed feelings about the Black Panthers aside, Brown does a good job of dissecting the film.